This video is part of a series of interviews that I did at the Nashville International Chopin Piano Competition in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 14–15, 2023.

In this video I interview Kento Ishikawa, 9, who competed in the Young Musician I division (ages 6–10). Kento represented the US in the competition, and played Chopin’s Waltz op. 18 and Impromptu op. 51, and Liszt’s “Gnomenreigen” from Two Concert Etudes S. 145.

Interviewer: Ben Myers
Interviewee: Kento Ishikawa
Photography and interview help: Igolo Ohalete
Filmed: Saturday, October 14, 2023, at Ingram Hall, Vanderbilt University